Good text for learning immunology?

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Hi, I need some suggestions. Immunology is my bane (though Neurology runs a close second)...is there a particular text that stands out above the rest (concise graphics/tricks-tips-hints/etc.), for keeping track of all the physiological minutia? I've taken several semesters of A&P and Chem, but I'm still not comfortable. If it goes deeper than the basics, all the better, since I'll need a really strong grounding to avoid getting lost in the pathology down the road, when I hopefully go to PA school. [crosses fingers and toes]

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Specializes in Infection Control, Employee Health & TB.

As an infection control nurse I've only needed to know the basics, but my husband is graduating med school in a couple weeks and had to be well versed in this. I know before medical school he had used Immunology Made Ridiculously Simple. While in school he just used the SOM Scribes that the previous year's med students published (basically class notes). He also has this website book marked that was widely shared amongst his colleagues

Learn Immunology Easily for the USMLE Step 1 - Medical School Memoirs

Hope that helps! Good luck to you!

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Excellent resources. Thank you very much. And congrats to your husband for making it through Med School. I've recently watched a pretty cool lecture on TB from Ohio State's Pulmonary Medicine department via iTunes University.

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Specializes in Infection Control, Employee Health & TB.

Thank you!

Perhaps that video is helpful... I'm surprised how misunderstood TB is amongst many medical professionals I encounter. If you ever need additional resources for TB there are regional TB centers throughout the US that have TONS of info on their websites.

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